diff --git a/fs/mount.h b/fs/mount.h
index c7abb7b394d8..ce6c376e0bc2 100644
--- a/fs/mount.h
+++ b/fs/mount.h
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include <linux/fs_pin.h>
 
 struct mnt_namespace {
-	atomic_t		count;
 	struct ns_common	ns;
 	struct mount *	root;
 	/*
@@ -120,7 +119,7 @@ static inline void detach_mounts(struct dentry *dentry)
 
 static inline void get_mnt_ns(struct mnt_namespace *ns)
 {
-	atomic_inc(&ns->count);
+	refcount_inc(&ns->ns.count);
 }
 
 extern seqlock_t mount_lock;
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index cebaa3e81794..2b681f65ca04 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -3274,7 +3274,7 @@ static struct mnt_namespace *alloc_mnt_ns(struct user_namespace *user_ns, bool a
 	new_ns->ns.ops = &mntns_operations;
 	if (!anon)
 		new_ns->seq = atomic64_add_return(1, &mnt_ns_seq);
-	atomic_set(&new_ns->count, 1);
+	refcount_set(&new_ns->ns.count, 1);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&new_ns->list);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&new_ns->poll);
 	spin_lock_init(&new_ns->ns_lock);
@@ -3848,7 +3848,7 @@ void __init mnt_init(void)
 
 void put_mnt_ns(struct mnt_namespace *ns)
 {
-	if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&ns->count))
+	if (!refcount_dec_and_test(&ns->ns.count))
 		return;
 	drop_collected_mounts(&ns->root->mnt);
 	free_mnt_ns(ns);
diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index 618838c48313..451c2d26a5db 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -854,7 +854,6 @@ static inline void cgroup_sk_free(struct sock_cgroup_data *skcd) {}
 #endif	/* CONFIG_CGROUP_DATA */
 
 struct cgroup_namespace {
-	refcount_t		count;
 	struct ns_common	ns;
 	struct user_namespace	*user_ns;
 	struct ucounts		*ucounts;
@@ -889,12 +888,12 @@ copy_cgroup_ns(unsigned long flags, struct user_namespace *user_ns,
 static inline void get_cgroup_ns(struct cgroup_namespace *ns)
 {
 	if (ns)
-		refcount_inc(&ns->count);
+		refcount_inc(&ns->ns.count);
 }
 
 static inline void put_cgroup_ns(struct cgroup_namespace *ns)
 {
-	if (ns && refcount_dec_and_test(&ns->count))
+	if (ns && refcount_dec_and_test(&ns->ns.count))
 		free_cgroup_ns(ns);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h b/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
index a06a78c67f19..05e22770af51 100644
--- a/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ struct ipc_ids {
 };
 
 struct ipc_namespace {
-	refcount_t	count;
 	struct ipc_ids	ids[3];
 
 	int		sem_ctls[4];
@@ -128,7 +127,7 @@ extern struct ipc_namespace *copy_ipcs(unsigned long flags,
 static inline struct ipc_namespace *get_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
 {
 	if (ns)
-		refcount_inc(&ns->count);
+		refcount_inc(&ns->ns.count);
 	return ns;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/ns_common.h b/include/linux/ns_common.h
index 5fbc4000358f..0f1d024bd958 100644
--- a/include/linux/ns_common.h
+++ b/include/linux/ns_common.h
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_NS_COMMON_H
 #define _LINUX_NS_COMMON_H
 
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
+
 struct proc_ns_operations;
 
 struct ns_common {
 	atomic_long_t stashed;
 	const struct proc_ns_operations *ops;
 	unsigned int inum;
+	refcount_t count;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/pid_namespace.h b/include/linux/pid_namespace.h
index 5a5cb45ac57e..7c7e627503d2 100644
--- a/include/linux/pid_namespace.h
+++ b/include/linux/pid_namespace.h
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/threads.h>
 #include <linux/nsproxy.h>
-#include <linux/kref.h>
 #include <linux/ns_common.h>
 #include <linux/idr.h>
 
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@
 struct fs_pin;
 
 struct pid_namespace {
-	struct kref kref;
 	struct idr idr;
 	struct rcu_head rcu;
 	unsigned int pid_allocated;
@@ -43,7 +41,7 @@ extern struct pid_namespace init_pid_ns;
 static inline struct pid_namespace *get_pid_ns(struct pid_namespace *ns)
 {
 	if (ns != &init_pid_ns)
-		kref_get(&ns->kref);
+		refcount_inc(&ns->ns.count);
 	return ns;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/time_namespace.h b/include/linux/time_namespace.h
index 30312166e70a..3146f1c056c9 100644
--- a/include/linux/time_namespace.h
+++ b/include/linux/time_namespace.h
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 
 #include <linux/sched.h>
-#include <linux/kref.h>
 #include <linux/nsproxy.h>
 #include <linux/ns_common.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ struct timens_offsets {
 };
 
 struct time_namespace {
-	struct kref		kref;
 	struct user_namespace	*user_ns;
 	struct ucounts		*ucounts;
 	struct ns_common	ns;
@@ -37,20 +35,21 @@ extern void timens_commit(struct task_struct *tsk, struct time_namespace *ns);
 
 static inline struct time_namespace *get_time_ns(struct time_namespace *ns)
 {
-	kref_get(&ns->kref);
+	refcount_inc(&ns->ns.count);
 	return ns;
 }
 
 struct time_namespace *copy_time_ns(unsigned long flags,
 				    struct user_namespace *user_ns,
 				    struct time_namespace *old_ns);
-void free_time_ns(struct kref *kref);
+void free_time_ns(struct time_namespace *ns);
 void timens_on_fork(struct nsproxy *nsproxy, struct task_struct *tsk);
 struct vdso_data *arch_get_vdso_data(void *vvar_page);
 
 static inline void put_time_ns(struct time_namespace *ns)
 {
-	kref_put(&ns->kref, free_time_ns);
+	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&ns->ns.count))
+		free_time_ns(ns);
 }
 
 void proc_timens_show_offsets(struct task_struct *p, struct seq_file *m);
diff --git a/include/linux/user_namespace.h b/include/linux/user_namespace.h
index 6ef1c7109fc4..64cf8ebdc4ec 100644
--- a/include/linux/user_namespace.h
+++ b/include/linux/user_namespace.h
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ struct user_namespace {
 	struct uid_gid_map	uid_map;
 	struct uid_gid_map	gid_map;
 	struct uid_gid_map	projid_map;
-	atomic_t		count;
 	struct user_namespace	*parent;
 	int			level;
 	kuid_t			owner;
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ void dec_ucount(struct ucounts *ucounts, enum ucount_type type);
 static inline struct user_namespace *get_user_ns(struct user_namespace *ns)
 {
 	if (ns)
-		atomic_inc(&ns->count);
+		refcount_inc(&ns->ns.count);
 	return ns;
 }
 
@@ -119,7 +118,7 @@ extern void __put_user_ns(struct user_namespace *ns);
 
 static inline void put_user_ns(struct user_namespace *ns)
 {
-	if (ns && atomic_dec_and_test(&ns->count))
+	if (ns && refcount_dec_and_test(&ns->ns.count))
 		__put_user_ns(ns);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/utsname.h b/include/linux/utsname.h
index 44429d9142ca..2b1737c9b244 100644
--- a/include/linux/utsname.h
+++ b/include/linux/utsname.h
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 
 #include <linux/sched.h>
-#include <linux/kref.h>
 #include <linux/nsproxy.h>
 #include <linux/ns_common.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ struct user_namespace;
 extern struct user_namespace init_user_ns;
 
 struct uts_namespace {
-	struct kref kref;
 	struct new_utsname name;
 	struct user_namespace *user_ns;
 	struct ucounts *ucounts;
@@ -33,16 +31,17 @@ extern struct uts_namespace init_uts_ns;
 #ifdef CONFIG_UTS_NS
 static inline void get_uts_ns(struct uts_namespace *ns)
 {
-	kref_get(&ns->kref);
+	refcount_inc(&ns->ns.count);
 }
 
 extern struct uts_namespace *copy_utsname(unsigned long flags,
 	struct user_namespace *user_ns, struct uts_namespace *old_ns);
-extern void free_uts_ns(struct kref *kref);
+extern void free_uts_ns(struct uts_namespace *ns);
 
 static inline void put_uts_ns(struct uts_namespace *ns)
 {
-	kref_put(&ns->kref, free_uts_ns);
+	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&ns->ns.count))
+		free_uts_ns(ns);
 }
 
 void uts_ns_init(void);
diff --git a/include/net/net_namespace.h b/include/net/net_namespace.h
index 22bc07f4b043..2d46a6b78f53 100644
--- a/include/net/net_namespace.h
+++ b/include/net/net_namespace.h
@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@ struct net {
 	refcount_t		passive;	/* To decide when the network
 						 * namespace should be freed.
 						 */
-	refcount_t		count;		/* To decided when the network
-						 *  namespace should be shut down.
-						 */
 	spinlock_t		rules_mod_lock;
 
 	unsigned int		dev_unreg_count;
@@ -245,7 +242,7 @@ void __put_net(struct net *net);
 
 static inline struct net *get_net(struct net *net)
 {
-	refcount_inc(&net->count);
+	refcount_inc(&net->ns.count);
 	return net;
 }
 
@@ -256,14 +253,14 @@ static inline struct net *maybe_get_net(struct net *net)
 	 * exists.  If the reference count is zero this
 	 * function fails and returns NULL.
 	 */
-	if (!refcount_inc_not_zero(&net->count))
+	if (!refcount_inc_not_zero(&net->ns.count))
 		net = NULL;
 	return net;
 }
 
 static inline void put_net(struct net *net)
 {
-	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&net->count))
+	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&net->ns.count))
 		__put_net(net);
 }
 
@@ -275,7 +272,7 @@ int net_eq(const struct net *net1, const struct net *net2)
 
 static inline int check_net(const struct net *net)
 {
-	return refcount_read(&net->count) != 0;
+	return refcount_read(&net->ns.count) != 0;
 }
 
 void net_drop_ns(void *);
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ptrace.h b/include/uapi/linux/ptrace.h
index a71b6e3b03eb..83ee45fa634b 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/ptrace.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/ptrace.h
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ struct seccomp_metadata {
 
 struct ptrace_syscall_info {
 	__u8 op;	/* PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_* */
-	__u32 arch __attribute__((__aligned__(sizeof(__u32))));
+	__u8 pad[3];
+	__u32 arch;
 	__u64 instruction_pointer;
 	__u64 stack_pointer;
 	union {
diff --git a/init/version.c b/init/version.c
index cba341161b58..80d2b7566b39 100644
--- a/init/version.c
+++ b/init/version.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ int version_string(LINUX_VERSION_CODE);
 #endif
 
 struct uts_namespace init_uts_ns = {
-	.kref = KREF_INIT(2),
+	.ns.count = REFCOUNT_INIT(2),
 	.name = {
 		.sysname	= UTS_SYSNAME,
 		.nodename	= UTS_NODENAME,
diff --git a/ipc/msgutil.c b/ipc/msgutil.c
index 3149b4a379de..d0a0e877cadd 100644
--- a/ipc/msgutil.c
+++ b/ipc/msgutil.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ DEFINE_SPINLOCK(mq_lock);
  * and not CONFIG_IPC_NS.
  */
 struct ipc_namespace init_ipc_ns = {
-	.count		= REFCOUNT_INIT(1),
+	.ns.count = REFCOUNT_INIT(1),
 	.user_ns = &init_user_ns,
 	.ns.inum = PROC_IPC_INIT_INO,
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPC_NS
diff --git a/ipc/namespace.c b/ipc/namespace.c
index 24e7b45320f7..7bd0766ddc3b 100644
--- a/ipc/namespace.c
+++ b/ipc/namespace.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static struct ipc_namespace *create_ipc_ns(struct user_namespace *user_ns,
 		goto fail_free;
 	ns->ns.ops = &ipcns_operations;
 
-	refcount_set(&ns->count, 1);
+	refcount_set(&ns->ns.count, 1);
 	ns->user_ns = get_user_ns(user_ns);
 	ns->ucounts = ucounts;
 
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static DECLARE_WORK(free_ipc_work, free_ipc);
  */
 void put_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
 {
-	if (refcount_dec_and_lock(&ns->count, &mq_lock)) {
+	if (refcount_dec_and_lock(&ns->ns.count, &mq_lock)) {
 		mq_clear_sbinfo(ns);
 		spin_unlock(&mq_lock);
 
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index e41c21819ba0..f2eeff74d713 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static u16 have_canfork_callback __read_mostly;
 
 /* cgroup namespace for init task */
 struct cgroup_namespace init_cgroup_ns = {
-	.count		= REFCOUNT_INIT(2),
+	.ns.count	= REFCOUNT_INIT(2),
 	.user_ns	= &init_user_ns,
 	.ns.ops		= &cgroupns_operations,
 	.ns.inum	= PROC_CGROUP_INIT_INO,
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/namespace.c b/kernel/cgroup/namespace.c
index 812a61afd538..f5e8828c109c 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/namespace.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static struct cgroup_namespace *alloc_cgroup_ns(void)
 		kfree(new_ns);
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 	}
-	refcount_set(&new_ns->count, 1);
+	refcount_set(&new_ns->ns.count, 1);
 	new_ns->ns.ops = &cgroupns_operations;
 	return new_ns;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/nsproxy.c b/kernel/nsproxy.c
index e2e6c5dc433f..abc01fcad8c7 100644
--- a/kernel/nsproxy.c
+++ b/kernel/nsproxy.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ int copy_namespaces(unsigned long flags, struct task_struct *tsk)
 	 * it along with CLONE_NEWIPC.
 	 */
 	if ((flags & (CLONE_NEWIPC | CLONE_SYSVSEM)) ==
-		(CLONE_NEWIPC | CLONE_SYSVSEM)) 
+		(CLONE_NEWIPC | CLONE_SYSVSEM))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	new_ns = create_new_namespaces(flags, tsk, user_ns, tsk->fs);
@@ -245,8 +245,8 @@ void switch_task_namespaces(struct task_struct *p, struct nsproxy *new)
 	p->nsproxy = new;
 	task_unlock(p);
 
-	if (ns && atomic_dec_and_test(&ns->count))
-		free_nsproxy(ns);
+	if (ns)
+		put_nsproxy(ns);
 }
 
 void exit_task_namespaces(struct task_struct *p)
diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c
index a96bc4bf4f86..47466d0bbc5b 100644
--- a/kernel/pid.c
+++ b/kernel/pid.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ int pid_max_max = PID_MAX_LIMIT;
  * the scheme scales to up to 4 million PIDs, runtime.
  */
 struct pid_namespace init_pid_ns = {
-	.kref = KREF_INIT(2),
+	.ns.count = REFCOUNT_INIT(2),
 	.idr = IDR_INIT(init_pid_ns.idr),
 	.pid_allocated = PIDNS_ADDING,
 	.level = 0,
diff --git a/kernel/pid_namespace.c b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
index 9de21803a8ae..ca43239a255a 100644
--- a/kernel/pid_namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static struct pid_namespace *create_pid_namespace(struct user_namespace *user_ns
 		goto out_free_idr;
 	ns->ns.ops = &pidns_operations;
 
-	kref_init(&ns->kref);
+	refcount_set(&ns->ns.count, 1);
 	ns->level = level;
 	ns->parent = get_pid_ns(parent_pid_ns);
 	ns->user_ns = get_user_ns(user_ns);
@@ -148,22 +148,15 @@ struct pid_namespace *copy_pid_ns(unsigned long flags,
 	return create_pid_namespace(user_ns, old_ns);
 }
 
-static void free_pid_ns(struct kref *kref)
-{
-	struct pid_namespace *ns;
-
-	ns = container_of(kref, struct pid_namespace, kref);
-	destroy_pid_namespace(ns);
-}
-
 void put_pid_ns(struct pid_namespace *ns)
 {
 	struct pid_namespace *parent;
 
 	while (ns != &init_pid_ns) {
 		parent = ns->parent;
-		if (!kref_put(&ns->kref, free_pid_ns))
+		if (!refcount_dec_and_test(&ns->ns.count))
 			break;
+		destroy_pid_namespace(ns);
 		ns = parent;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/kernel/time/namespace.c b/kernel/time/namespace.c
index e0f9509b17c3..6ca625f5e554 100644
--- a/kernel/time/namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/time/namespace.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static struct time_namespace *clone_time_ns(struct user_namespace *user_ns,
 	if (!ns)
 		goto fail_dec;
 
-	kref_init(&ns->kref);
+	refcount_set(&ns->ns.count, 1);
 
 	ns->vvar_page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
 	if (!ns->vvar_page)
@@ -226,11 +226,8 @@ out:
 	mutex_unlock(&offset_lock);
 }
 
-void free_time_ns(struct kref *kref)
+void free_time_ns(struct time_namespace *ns)
 {
-	struct time_namespace *ns;
-
-	ns = container_of(kref, struct time_namespace, kref);
 	dec_time_namespaces(ns->ucounts);
 	put_user_ns(ns->user_ns);
 	ns_free_inum(&ns->ns);
@@ -462,7 +459,7 @@ const struct proc_ns_operations timens_for_children_operations = {
 };
 
 struct time_namespace init_time_ns = {
-	.kref		= KREF_INIT(3),
+	.ns.count	= REFCOUNT_INIT(3),
 	.user_ns	= &init_user_ns,
 	.ns.inum	= PROC_TIME_INIT_INO,
 	.ns.ops		= &timens_operations,
diff --git a/kernel/user.c b/kernel/user.c
index b1635d94a1f2..a2478cddf536 100644
--- a/kernel/user.c
+++ b/kernel/user.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ struct user_namespace init_user_ns = {
 			},
 		},
 	},
-	.count = ATOMIC_INIT(3),
+	.ns.count = REFCOUNT_INIT(3),
 	.owner = GLOBAL_ROOT_UID,
 	.group = GLOBAL_ROOT_GID,
 	.ns.inum = PROC_USER_INIT_INO,
diff --git a/kernel/user_namespace.c b/kernel/user_namespace.c
index e703d5d9cbe8..af612945a4d0 100644
--- a/kernel/user_namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/user_namespace.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ int create_user_ns(struct cred *new)
 		goto fail_free;
 	ns->ns.ops = &userns_operations;
 
-	atomic_set(&ns->count, 1);
+	refcount_set(&ns->ns.count, 1);
 	/* Leave the new->user_ns reference with the new user namespace. */
 	ns->parent = parent_ns;
 	ns->level = parent_ns->level + 1;
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ static void free_user_ns(struct work_struct *work)
 		kmem_cache_free(user_ns_cachep, ns);
 		dec_user_namespaces(ucounts);
 		ns = parent;
-	} while (atomic_dec_and_test(&parent->count));
+	} while (refcount_dec_and_test(&parent->ns.count));
 }
 
 void __put_user_ns(struct user_namespace *ns)
diff --git a/kernel/utsname.c b/kernel/utsname.c
index e488d0e2ab45..b1ac3ca870f2 100644
--- a/kernel/utsname.c
+++ b/kernel/utsname.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static struct uts_namespace *create_uts_ns(void)
 
 	uts_ns = kmem_cache_alloc(uts_ns_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (uts_ns)
-		kref_init(&uts_ns->kref);
+		refcount_set(&uts_ns->ns.count, 1);
 	return uts_ns;
 }
 
@@ -103,11 +103,8 @@ struct uts_namespace *copy_utsname(unsigned long flags,
 	return new_ns;
 }
 
-void free_uts_ns(struct kref *kref)
+void free_uts_ns(struct uts_namespace *ns)
 {
-	struct uts_namespace *ns;
-
-	ns = container_of(kref, struct uts_namespace, kref);
 	dec_uts_namespaces(ns->ucounts);
 	put_user_ns(ns->user_ns);
 	ns_free_inum(&ns->ns);
diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index 94fff0700bdd..999b70c59761 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ net_rx_queue_update_kobjects(struct net_device *dev, int old_num, int new_num)
 	while (--i >= new_num) {
 		struct kobject *kobj = &dev->_rx[i].kobj;
 
-		if (!refcount_read(&dev_net(dev)->count))
+		if (!refcount_read(&dev_net(dev)->ns.count))
 			kobj->uevent_suppress = 1;
 		if (dev->sysfs_rx_queue_group)
 			sysfs_remove_group(kobj, dev->sysfs_rx_queue_group);
@@ -1605,7 +1605,7 @@ netdev_queue_update_kobjects(struct net_device *dev, int old_num, int new_num)
 	while (--i >= new_num) {
 		struct netdev_queue *queue = dev->_tx + i;
 
-		if (!refcount_read(&dev_net(dev)->count))
+		if (!refcount_read(&dev_net(dev)->ns.count))
 			queue->kobj.uevent_suppress = 1;
 #ifdef CONFIG_BQL
 		sysfs_remove_group(&queue->kobj, &dql_group);
@@ -1852,7 +1852,7 @@ void netdev_unregister_kobject(struct net_device *ndev)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &ndev->dev;
 
-	if (!refcount_read(&dev_net(ndev)->count))
+	if (!refcount_read(&dev_net(ndev)->ns.count))
 		dev_set_uevent_suppress(dev, 1);
 
 	kobject_get(&dev->kobj);
diff --git a/net/core/net_namespace.c b/net/core/net_namespace.c
index dbc66b896287..2ef3b4557f40 100644
--- a/net/core/net_namespace.c
+++ b/net/core/net_namespace.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static struct key_tag init_net_key_domain = { .usage = REFCOUNT_INIT(1) };
 #endif
 
 struct net init_net = {
-	.count		= REFCOUNT_INIT(1),
+	.ns.count	= REFCOUNT_INIT(1),
 	.dev_base_head	= LIST_HEAD_INIT(init_net.dev_base_head),
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
 	.key_domain	= &init_net_key_domain,
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ int peernet2id_alloc(struct net *net, struct net *peer, gfp_t gfp)
 {
 	int id;
 
-	if (refcount_read(&net->count) == 0)
+	if (refcount_read(&net->ns.count) == 0)
 		return NETNSA_NSID_NOT_ASSIGNED;
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&net->nsid_lock);
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ static __net_init int setup_net(struct net *net, struct user_namespace *user_ns)
 	int error = 0;
 	LIST_HEAD(net_exit_list);
 
-	refcount_set(&net->count, 1);
+	refcount_set(&net->ns.count, 1);
 	refcount_set(&net->passive, 1);
 	get_random_bytes(&net->hash_mix, sizeof(u32));
 	net->dev_base_seq = 1;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c
index c411c87ae865..437afe392e66 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c
@@ -272,14 +272,14 @@ restart:
 				continue;
 			tw = inet_twsk(sk);
 			if ((tw->tw_family != family) ||
-				refcount_read(&twsk_net(tw)->count))
+				refcount_read(&twsk_net(tw)->ns.count))
 				continue;
 
 			if (unlikely(!refcount_inc_not_zero(&tw->tw_refcnt)))
 				continue;
 
 			if (unlikely((tw->tw_family != family) ||
-				     refcount_read(&twsk_net(tw)->count))) {
+				     refcount_read(&twsk_net(tw)->ns.count))) {
 				inet_twsk_put(tw);
 				goto restart;
 			}
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c
index 6b27c481fe18..0588b004ddac 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ static void tcp_metrics_flush_all(struct net *net)
 		pp = &hb->chain;
 		for (tm = deref_locked(*pp); tm; tm = deref_locked(*pp)) {
 			match = net ? net_eq(tm_net(tm), net) :
-				!refcount_read(&tm_net(tm)->count);
+				!refcount_read(&tm_net(tm)->ns.count);
 			if (match) {
 				*pp = tm->tcpm_next;
 				kfree_rcu(tm, rcu_head);